Hiya again, my fellow Simlies!
Okay, so it’s only been a few days since my last update, but there are some things I need to bring your attention to. First of all, I want to revisit the issue where I was having problems getting my posts to show up in the WordPress Reader. I thought I had the problem licked but sadly, that was not the case. The long and short of it was that I’ve been emailing back and forth with the support folks over at Jetpack (this is a huge Plugin you need when your site is being self-hosted) to see what the problem was. As it turned out, the RSS feeds to both this site and my SimLit Legacy Stories by Sharon Blog were borked up, so the Reader couldn’t pick up my posts. I’m happy to report that my issue is now fixed on both sites, so my posts should now start showing up in your Reader. Because of the issue, there are posts that many of you have probably missed, so please check both sites to get up to speed. Also, please refer to the previous update to see what you might have missed.
I’ve made a few itty, bitty minor changes to this blog, which leads me into the decision I have made. Not much has changed, really; only post titles are slightly different. As I do with my SimLit Legacy Stories Blog , I’ve decided to label each chapter with the name of the story. So, for example, you will see something like, “Forever in Time: Chapter 18, In Worry and Illiness” (Quotation marks not included). This is because I’ve decided that I’ll be adding more stories to this site. Originally, I was going to keep this for Forever in Time posts and related material, short stories, and the Pen Pal Project letters. Another blog was going to be created for other non-legacy type stories. This still might be done down the road, but for now, this site is certainly capable of hosting more than one story, hence the addition of story titles being added to each chapter to lessen confusion. I made this decision because, frankly, I’m not in the mood and am too damned lazy to build another website from the ground up at this time. 😀 This means less maintenance on my part, less blogs for followers to subscribe to, and more time for me to Sim and create.
I’m trying to make navigation as easy as possible. You will be able to navigate to each story from the top navigation menu, pages to important info will be in the sidebar, and an “About” page for each story will also be on the top menu. This will be laid out very similarly to my SimLit Legacy Stories Blog. I will make update posts when new stories are added so you can be made aware of them.
Just as a reminder, if your Sims are looking for a pen pal to write to, let me know since I love partaking in the Pen Pal Project. Please see previous update for more info and my thoughts on that.
If you have not done so already, please subscribe to my SimLit Legacy Stories by Sharon Blog. You will find several multi-generational type stories there. There will sometimes be crossovers between them and Forever in Time due to a couple of stories being companion stories to this.
I will leave off here before the rain carries me off. Heaven knows we’ve had more than our fair share of it here.
Take care, everyone, and Happy Simming!
Hey! You’re in the reader! YAY!! I’m so glad that issue is worked out. I know how frustrating that can be when something isn’t working right.
I think it’s great you’re keeping all the stories together. 🙂 I have mine all on one site, too. Although, I really only have one main story, the rest are kind of side projects.
If you were to write to one of my characters, which one would you choose?
Ohhhh yes! It can be very frustrating when things aren’t working right. It’s worth it in the end though when things get straightened out and you can sit back and enjoy the fruits of your labor. 😀
I know what you mean. There are advantages to keeping everything in one place. You don’t have to go from website to website. Side projects are nice, as it gives a little break from a big project.
Hmmm…great question. 😀 Well, Leo is my total favorite of your characters, as you know, but Blue is right in there, too. Kara would be cool, too, but as she will be the upcoming heir, it might be hard to do letters for her at the same time as your main story so as not to give too much away. Which of my Sims would you like to write to? We could definitely use Lenora or Tyrone, and I have grown-up versions of both sets of quads. There’s also Landon, Crystal, Mathilda, Liam, and quite a fewe others from here or from my other stories. Or I have plenty of other Sims unrelated to my stories, if that’s the way you’d want to go. 🙂
Oh the joys and sorrows of running your own blog site!! Whether it be self hosted or not. I’m glad WP was so helpful to you and that everything was solved. Sounds like you have big plans and I’m sending you best wishes.
I don’t know how the heck I missed this comment, but I sure did and I apologize big-time. Thank you so much for the encouragement. Yeah, it was super frustrating, but I think I have the kinks worked out for the most part. Hosting your own site can be fun but frustrating at the same time, as you probably know. I definitely have big plans, and I’m glad I found a way to make them happen. Being able to self host gives you a much broader canvas to work with.
By the way, are used some of your poses in my latest two chapters of Forever in Tim. Your poses are awesome! Thank you so much for sharing your talent and creativity with all of us.
The site looks great and you are doing a great job with it. I’m glad to hear that you worked out the problems you had.
Thank you so much! This hasn’t been easy at all, but it’s worth it. I’m liking how it’s looking, and I’m glad the hard work is paying off. 🙂